Collaborating and Implementing

Healthy forests, healthy rivers and healthy communities. These are the lifeblood of North Central Washington. Since 1999, the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board (UCSRB) has been the forum for local collaboration to understand and address the complexities that our communities face in the wake of three federally listed salmonids (spring Chinook salmon, steelhead and bull trout). We help our communities understand how the efforts to meet regional recovery goals balance the needs of the economy, salmon and the communities.

The UCSRB's regional approach efficiently integrates local, state and federal programs, identifies where recovery opportunities exist, and coordinates habitat, hatchery, harvest, and hydropower components as they relate to on-going recovery. The UCSRB also engages in a conversation on the role of a healthy forest in creating healthy rivers and healthy communities. Facilitating active conversations in these forums, the UCSRB is able to inform organizations, governments, tribes, industry, and other interests of our collective progress.

The UCSRB is a non-profit corporation of WA State, recognized as a 501(c)(3). The UCSRB fosters collaboration and cooperation among participating stakeholders, or those who are simply interested in river and forest restoration activities in the Upper Columbia region.

Our Mission

To restore viable and sustainable populations of salmon, steelhead and other at-risk species through collaborative, economically sensitive efforts, combined resources, and wise resource management of the Upper Columbia region.